Free probability and quantum electrodynamics

The stochastic limit of a free particle coupled to the quantum electromagnetic field without dipole approximation leads to many new features such as: interacting Fock space, Hilbert module commutation relations, disappearance of the crossing diagrams, etc. In the present paper we begin to study how the situation is modified if a free particle is replaced by a particle in a potential which is the Fourier transform of a bounded measure.We prove that the stochastic limit procedure converges and that the overall picture is similar to the free case with the important difference that the structure of the limit Hilbert module is strongly dependent on the wave operator of the particle.     

Hilbert Modules in Quantum Electro Dynamics and Quantum Probability

A physical system of the form with a distinguished state on may be described in a natural way on a Hilbert -module. Following the ideas of Accardi and Lu [1], we apply this possibility to a concrete system consisting of a boson field in the vacuum state coupled to a free electron. We show that the physical system is described adequately on a new type of Fock module: the symmetric Fock module. It turns out that a module has to fulfill an algebraic condition in order to allow for the construction of a symmetric Fock module. We prove in a central limit theorem that in the stochastic limit the moments of the collective operators (i.e. more or less the time-integrated interaction Hamiltonian) converge to the moments of free creators and annihilators on a full Fock module. In the sense of Voiculescu [22] and Speicher [20] these operators form a free white noise over the algebra . Received: 28 October 1996 / Accepted: 21 July 1997     

Quantumq-white noise and aq-central limit theorem

We establish a connection between the Azéma martingales and certain quantum stochastic processes with increments satisfyingq-commutation relations. This leads to a theory ofq-white noise onq-*-bialgebras and to a generalization of the Fock space representation theorem for white noise on *-bialgebras. In particular, quantum Azéma noise,q-interpolations between Fermion and Boson quantum Brownian motion and unitary evolutions withq-independent multiplicative increments are studied. It follows from our results that the Azéma martingales and theq-interpolations are central limits of sums ofq-independent, identically distributed quantum random variables.     

Relativistic field formulation of simultaneous quantum measurement

The simultaneous measurement of Dirac field operators is formulated in analogy to the work of von Neumann and Arthurs-Kelly. Meter fields are coupled to the system field with a relativistically invariant bilinear interaction. Measurement of vacuum meter field expectation values provides for the simultaneous measurement of noncommuting system components. It is shown that two meter coupling allows for a simultaneous minimum in the variance of the subsequent meter measurements. A pseudoscalar self-interaction of the Dirac field is shown to allow simultaneous measurement of positive energy field operators with negative energy meters. The simultaneous measurement ofn noncommuting field operators is obtained by coupling the system ton fermionic fields. Also, in this paper the related concept of mutual simultaneous measurement is developed. This requires that any operators in the enlarged Hilbert space are measurable by the remaining fields as meters. System embedding into a larger Hilbert space results in added noise due to the zero point motion of the meter fields. By the negentropy principle of Brillouin, the added noise is equivalent to entropy. A criterion determining the interaction among fields is that the averaged added noise in the components of each quantum field is minimized. This criterion defines an optimum fermionic mass matrix through the determination of the entangling interaction.1. This work was sponsored by the Department of the Air Force under contract F19628-90-C-0002.     

A remark on the integration of Schrödinger equation using quantum Itô's formula

When the potential is the Fourier transform of a totally finite complex-valued measure, a formula for the one-parameter unitary group generated by the Schrödinger operator in L ² (IR ⁿ ) is obtained entirely in terms of the basic field operators in a suitable Fock space by means of quantum stochastic calculus.     

Bound electron dynamics: Exact solution for a one-dimensional oscillator-string model

The dynamical problem of a harmonically bound electron with standard dipole model coupling to the electromagnetic field in a finite one-dimensional space is solved exactly in a simple manner. It is easily shown that in this model the coupling between the electron and the field is “rigid”, in the sense of and in complete analogy with a recent treatment of a purely mechanical particle on a string. As a consequence the electron's quantum mechanical momentum fluctuations exhibit a logarithmic ultraviolet divergence. In the limit of infinite spatial extension of the field, and apart from quantal noise, the electron behaves exactly as a simple linearly damped harmonic oscillator.     

Quadratic Bosonic and Free White Noises

We discuss the meaning of renormalization used for deriving quadratic bosonic commutation relations introduced by Accardi [ALV] and find a representation of these relations on an interacting Fock space. Also, we investigate classical stochastic processes which can be constructed from noncommutative quadratic white noise. We postulate quadratic free white noise commutation relations and find their representation on an interacting Fock space. Received: 23 August 1999 / Accepted: 8 December 1999     

Annihilation-Derivative,Creation-Derivative and Representation of Quantum Martingales

On the basis of the quantum white noise theory we introduce the notion of creation- and annihilation-derivatives of Fock space operators and study the differentiability of white noise operators. We define the Hitsuda–Skorohod quantum stochastic integrals by the adjoint actions of quantum stochastic gradients and show explicit formulas for their creation- and annihilation-derivatives. As an application, we derive direct formulas for the integrands in the quantum stochastic integral representation of a regular quantum martingale. Work supported by the Korea–Japan Basic Scientific Cooperation Program “Noncommutative Stochastic Analysis and Its Applications to Network Science.”     

A Class of Representations of the ∗-Algebra of the Canonical Commutation Relations over a Hilbert Space and Instability of Embedded Eigenvalues in Quantum Field Models

Abstract

In models of a quantum harmonic oscillator coupled to a quantum field with a quadratic interaction, embedded eigenvalues of the unperturbed system may be unstable under the perturbation given by the interaction of the oscillator with the quantum field. A general mathematical structure underlying this phenomenon is clarified in terms of a class of Fock space representations of the ?-algebra of the canonical commutation relations over a Hilbert space. It is also shown that each of the representations is given as a composition of a proper Bogolyubov (canonical) transformation and a partial isometry on the Fock space of the representation.     

Quantum phenomena and the zeropoint radiation field

The stationary solutions for a bound electron immersed in the random zeropoint radiation field of stochastic electrodynamics are studied, under the assumption that the characteristic Fourier frequencies of these solutions are not random. Under this assumption, the response of the particle to the field is linear and does not mix frequencies, irrespectively of the form of the binding force; the fluctuations of the random field fix the scale of the response. The effective radiation field that supports the stationary states of motion is no longer the free vacuum field, but a modified form of it with new statistical properties. The theory is expressed naturally in terms of matrices (or operators), and it leads to the Heisenberg equations and the Hilbert space formalism of quantum mechanics in the radiationless approximation. The connection with the poissonian formulation of stochastic electrodynamics is also established. At the end we briefly discuss a few important aspects of quantum mechanics which the present theory helps to clarify.On leave of absence at Mathematics Department, University College London. Gower Street, London WC1, U.K.     

Extended electron and nonlocal electromagnetic interaction: The perturbation theory

The nonlocal interaction between electrons and electromagnetic fields is considered. It is shown that different contraction forms of interacting fields are equivalent to different nonlocal theories where nonlocality is connected to either the photon field or the electron field, or to both these fields simultaneously. The nonlocal theory where the electron carries nonlocality is studied in detail. The gauge invariance of this model is achieved by using thed-operation applying the perturbation theory. Primitive Feynman diagrams of the nonlocal theory are investigated and a restriction on the “size”l of the electron is obtained. From low-energy experimental data from tests of local quantum electrodynamics it follows thatl≦10⁻¹⁵ cm.     

Hilbert Modules and Stochastic Dilation of a Quantum Dynamical Semigroup on a von Neumann Algebra

A general theory for constructing a weak Markov dilation of a uniformly continuous quantum dynamical semigroup T _t on a von Neumann algebra ? with respect to the Fock filtration is developed with the aid of a coordinate-free quantum stochastic calculus. Starting with the structure of the generator of T _t , existence of canonical structure maps (in the sense of Evans and Hudson) is deduced and a quantum stochastic dilation of T _t is obtained through solving a canonical flow equation for maps on the right Fock module ?⊗Γ(L ²(ℝ₊,k ₀)), where k ₀ is some Hilbert space arising from a representation of ?^′. This gives rise to a *-homomorphism j _t of ?. Moreover, it is shown that every such flow is implemented by a partial isometry-valued process. This leads to a natural construction of a weak Markov process (in the sense of [B-P]) with respect to Fock filtration. Received: 15 June 1998/ Accepted: 4 March 1999     

The Coulomb solution as a coherent state of unphysical photons

In the context of the problem of what micro-states are responsible for the entropy of black holes, we consider as a physical toy model the electromagnetic Coulomb solution. By quantizing the electromagnetic field in the presence of an external source of charge Q, the quantum state corresponding to the Coulomb solution is identified as a coherent state of longitudinal and temporal photons in a Hilbert space with negative norm states.     

The IR stability of de Sitter QFT: physical initial conditions

This work uses Lorentz-signature in-in perturbation theory to analyze the late-time behavior of correlators in time-dependent interacting massive scalar field theory in de Sitter space. We study a scenario recently considered by Krotov and Polyakov in which the coupling g turns on smoothly at finite time, starting from g = 0 in the far past where the state is taken to be the (free) Bunch–Davies vacuum. Our main result is that the resulting correlators (which we compute at the one-loop level) approach those of the interacting Hartle–Hawking state at late times. We argue that similar results should hold for other physically-motivated choices of initial conditions. This behavior is to be expected from recent quantum “no hair” theorems for interacting massive scalar field theory in de Sitter space which established similar results to all orders in perturbation theory for a dense set of states in the Hilbert space. Our current work (1) indicates that physically motivated initial conditions lie in this dense set, (2) provides a Lorentz-signature counter-part to the Euclidean techniques used to prove such theorems, and (3) provides an explicit example of the relevant renormalization techniques.     

Slaving principle for stochastic differential equations with additive and multiplicative noise and for discrete noisy maps

We first treat multidimensional nonlinear noisy maps. We assume that the variables can be split into two classes of variablesu ands so that the linearized equations would give rise to growth or decay foru ands, respectively. We show how the slaved variabless can be explicitly expressed by the order parametersu by making use of the fully nonlinear equations. By taking the limit of vanishing time steps and using a Wiener process and the Îto calculus we derive the corresponding formulas for stochastic differential equations (including multiplicative noise). In this way a high-dimensional problem can be reduced to a problem of much lower dimensions described again by stochastic equations of theÎto type. A similar procedure holds for theStratonovich calculus.     

Stochastic Dynamics of Reduced Wave Functions and Continuous Measurement in Quantum Optics

The stochastic dynamics of open quantum systems interacting with a zero temperature environment is investigated by employing a formulation of quantum statistical ensembles in terms of probability distributions on projective Hilbert space. It is demonstrated that the open system dynamics can consistently be described by a stochastic process on the reduced state space. The physical meaning of reduced probability distributions on projective Hilbert space is derived from a complete, orthogonal measurement of the environment. The elimination of the variables of the environment is shown to lead to a piecewise deterministic process in Hilbert space defined by a differential Chapman-Kolmogorov equation. A Hilbert space path integral representation of the stochastic process is constructed. The general theory is illustrated by means of three examples from quantum optics. For these examples the microscopic derivation of the stochastic process is given and the general solution of the differential Chapman-Kolmogorov equation is constructed by means of the path integral representation.     

Vacuum structures in Hamiltonian light-front dynamics

Hamiltonian light-front dynamics of quantum fields may provide a useful approach to systematic nonperturbative approximations to quantum field theories. We investigate inequivalent Hilbert-space representations of the light-front field algebra in which the stability group of the light front is implemented by unitary transformations. The Hilbert space representation of states is generated by the operator algebra from the vacuum state. There is a large class of vacuum states besides the Fock vacuum which meet all the invariance requirements. The light-front Hamiltonian must annihilate the vacuum and have a positive spectrum. We exhibit relations of the Hamiltonian to the nontrivial vacuum structure.     

Quantum mechanics from self-interaction

We explore the possibility thatzitterbewegung is the key to a complete understanding of the Dirac theory of electrons. We note that a literal interpretation of thezitterbewegung implies that the electron is the seat of an oscillating bound electromagnetic field similar to de Broglie's pilot wave. This opens up new possibilities for explaining two major features of quantum mechanics as consequences of an underlying physical mechanism. On this basis, qualitative explanations are given for electron diffraction, the existence of quantized radiationless states, the Pauli principle, and other features of quantum mechanics.     

Equations, State, and Lattices of Infinite-Dimensional Hilbert Spaces

We provide several new result on quantum state space, on the lattice of subspacesof an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space, and on infinite-dimensional Hilbert spaceequations as well as on connections between them. In particular, we obtainan n-variable generalized orthoarguesian equation which holds in anyinfinite-dimensional Hilbert space. Then we strengthen Godowski's equationsas well ass the orthomodularity hold. We also prove that all six- and four-variableorthoarguesian equation presented in the literature can be reduced to newfour- and three-variable ones, respectively, and that Mayet's examples follow fromGodowski's equations. To make a breakthrough in testing these massive equations,we designed several novel algorithms for generating Greechie diagrams with anarbitrary number of blocks and atoms (currently testing with up to 50) and forautomated checking of equations on them. A way of obtaining complexinfinite-dimensional Hilbert space from the Hilbert lattice equipped with several additionalconditions and without invoking the notion of state is presented. Possiblerepercussions of the results on quantum computing problems are discussed.